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Endemic

For Endemic we have terms and definitions in 17 topics. The topics are Disease, Entomological, Fish, Gardening, Global Warming, HIV and AIDs, Health, Hunting, Immunization, Insect, Medical, Microbiology, Naturalism, Naturopathic, Nutrition, Speleological and Travel, Medicine.



Endemic (Disease)

A disease that is always present in a community.


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Endemic (Entomological)

Restricted to a well defined geographical region.


Endemic (Fish)

Native to or limited to a specific region.


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Endemic (Gardening)

Plants which are of a certain geographic area and generally are confined to that place.


Endemic (Global Warming)

Describes a species (or other unit of classification) that occurs in one particular region in all months of the year, and in all years. For example, the platypus is endemic to southeast Australia, and malaria is endemic to parts of Africa.


Endemic (HIV and AIDs)

Widespread incidence of a particular disease in a certain population or region.


Endemic (Health)

A disease caused by the health conditions constantly present within a community. It usually describes an infection that is transmitted directly or indirectly between humans and is occurring at the usual expected rate.


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Endemic (Hunting)

Native to a specific geographic area.


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Endemic (Immunization)

The continual, low-level presence of disease in a community.


Endemic (Insect)

Restricted to a well defined geographical region.


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Endemic (Medical)

Describes a disease that is always present in a certain population of people


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Endemic (Microbiology)

The constant presence of a disease or infectious agent within a given geographic area; it may also refer to the usual prevalence of a given disease within such area. Hyperendemic expresses a constant presence at a high level of incidence, and holoendemic a high level of prevalence with infections beginning early in life and affecting most of the population, e.g., malaria in some places. (See Zoonosis.)


Endemic (Naturalism)

Belonging to or native to a particular area


Endemic (Naturopathic)

Confined to a limited geographic or ecologic niche.


Endemic (Nutrition)

Native to or prevalent in a particular geographic region. Often used to describe diseases.


Endemic (Speleological)

Peculiar to a country or district, and not native elsewhere. May be very limited in extent, eg to a single cave system.
Biology - Flora & Fauna.


Endemic (Travel, Medicine)

A disease caused by the health conditions constantly present within a community. It usually describes an infection that is transmitted directly or indirectly between humans and is occurring at the usual expected rate.




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